Cinco de Mayo: Everything you need to know about the celebration

May 5, 2016, 12:00 am

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So it’s Cinco de Mayo today.

What do you mean you don’t know what that is?

Well, if you speak a tiny bit of Spanish you’ll be able to tell that it means 5th of May.

Cinco de Mayo is one of the most misunderstood festivals there is, so to clear up any confusion, here’s everything you need to know.

It’s Mexican Independence Day, right?

Sorry but no. This is one of the most common misconceptions about Cinco de Mayo – Mexican Independence Day is actually on 16 September.

But it does take place on the 5th May?

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Why we need to start talking about female masturbation

May 5, 2016, 12:30 am

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So it’s International Masturbation Month (May) 2016. 

And what perfect timing because hands up, ladies, who likes to admit they dot their ‘i’s?

It seems men joke about fapping all the time.

Meanwhile I have female friends my age (34) who insist they don’t own any sex toys and ‘aren’t really into it’.

Or they flush red and genuinely change the subject to shoes, because that is an Approved Ladies’ Conversation Topic.

Well, here I go again, writing something some will consider an overshare, and others too tame.

I’m writing it anyway because these things must be said.

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International Day of the Midwife: 15 reasons midwives are amazing

May 5, 2016, 12:30 am

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It’s International Day of the Midwife today (5 May) and as anyone who’s been supported through childbirth by a midwife will know, these women (and men) do an amazing job of looking after women and their partners and delivering our babies.

In 2014-15, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre, the almost 22,000 midwives in England conducted 53.5 per cent (276,643) of all deliveries which rose to 87.0 per cent (265,710) for spontaneous deliveries.

After two pretty straightforward births I was expecting a quick and easy labour with my third baby. It wasn’t to be and a planned home birth turned into a quick trip by ambulance to hospital followed… Read the full story

Homeless man says teen who buys him breakfast every day has done more than anyone else in the last 30 years

May 5, 2016, 12:37 am

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This has got to be the weirdest hair removal cream review you will ever read

May 5, 2016, 1:48 am

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As most of us can probably agree, buying a product that doesn’t live up to its promise is incredibly annoying. 

And when this happens, there are two ways to deal with it.

One is to just bin it, move on and never buy it again.

Then there’s the other, which is to unleash hell on earth on the product sellers in the form of an internet review.

Because no one is bolder or more irate than a disgruntled online shopper.

Sometimes, just scrolling through internet reviews is a hilarious way to waste to 15 minutes.

Until you’re met with a review so weird it will make you want to disconnect your WiFi forever.

Like this one, which was left on Amazon for the Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Cream product. It was left in 2012 but it was a review so searingly, eye-wateringly bad, that it’s made a reappearance.

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No, Vogue, Lupita Nyong’o’s Met Gala hair was not inspired by Audrey Hepburn

May 5, 2016, 1:49 am

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In the midst of all your scrolling through the shiny dresses and stunning beauty looks from the Met Gala, there was probably only one hairstyle from the event that really stood out above the rest (literally).

We are, of course, referring to Lupita Nyong’o’s glorious gravity-defying up-do.

It was bold. It was pretty. It was magnificent.

And, as Lupita Nyong’o stated on the red carpet, it was inspired by all kinds of references celebrating black womanhood and beauty, ranging from Nina Simone to traditional styles from around Africa.

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8 things you should NEVER do to your vagina

May 5, 2016, 1:59 am

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Your vagina – it’s a beautiful, complicated and delicate thing.

And it’s really important to take care of it properly, otherwise we could putting ourselves at risk of a number of uncomfortable and itchy infections. Like UTIs and thrush.

Sometimes we do things to our lady parts, thinking for some reason it’s going to benefit them in some way. But it doesn’t – and they’re actually not going to thank you for it.

Just so that you never do any of these heinous things ever again, here are 8 of the worst things you could ever do to your… Read the full story

Someone’s made socks that don’t smell so you never have to change them again

May 5, 2016, 2:07 am

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What if you never had to wash your socks again?

Imagine if you could get away with wearing the same pair of socks, day in, day out, without anyone noticing, without any of your work colleagues asking to be moved away from you.

Just imagine a world where sock mountains don’t hide in dark corners of your room waiting to be washed. A world where you will never have to wash and, thus will never lose, another damn sock again.

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Krispy Kreme is opening a hole in the wall which dispenses Nutella doughnuts

May 5, 2016, 2:57 am

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We have so much to tell you. First up, after years of us trying to plant the seeds in their head (we weren’t subtle, we sent several emails), Krispy Kreme are now doing Nutella doughnuts.

We have no idea why this didn’t… Read the full story

Powerful photo series shows what people were wearing when they were sexually assaulted

May 5, 2016, 3:12 am

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‘What were you wearing?’ 

It’s ridiculous that this is one of the first questions people are asked when they share their experience of rape or sexual assault. 

But it’s still being asked all the time. Because people STILL think, on some level, that victims of sexual assault are in some way to blame for the actions of someone else.

That’s what photographer Katherine Cambareri wants to take down with her new photo series – the idea that what someone is wearing in any way causes sexual assault.

‘Well, What Were You Wearing?’ shares the… Read the full story

9 things that happen to your body when you get drunk

May 5, 2016, 3:15 am

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Having a few pints and glasses of wine is part of a lot of people’s regular weekends (or often week days). 

This new ‘ground-breaking’ drug could treat alcohol addiction

Even though Instagram and Facebook might be making us drink less, a lot happens to your body during a heavy night at the pub is eye-opening.

At the time, it’s probably far from your mind but you’ve probably wondered.

We sought to answer these questions and more, such as whether there… Read the full story

Pizza Hut is now doing bacon and cheese stuffed crust

May 5, 2016, 4:21 am

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If there are two things the internet bloody loves, it’s bacon and pizza.

So honestly, we’re a little surprised that it’s taken THIS long for a pizza brand to do what the world has been waiting for and stuff their crust with bacon-y goodness.

But it’s finally happened. Pizza Hut has done it. They’re now selling pizza with stuffed bacon and cheese crust. This is very exciting.

Pizza Hut’s new Bacon Stuffed Crust joins the ranks of their previous insane but delicious crust creations, including the cheesy bites pizza and crust stuffed with mini hot dogs.

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Beauty blogger left with horrific bruising and burns after ‘botched’ laser surgery

May 5, 2016, 4:41 am

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A beauty blogger who went for what should have been simple laser treatment for a small port wine birthmark on her cheek, has revealed how she was left with horrific burns.

She has shared her experience to warn others seeking laser surgery to do ‘extensive research’ on their surgeon beforehand.

Beauty blogger Molly Martinson, 23, from Pittsburgh, showed off the results of what she claims was a ‘botched’ surgery on YouTube in a video that’s now been viewed almost 900,000 times.

A port wine stain is a vascular birthmark caused by abnormal development of blood vessels in the… Read the full story

18 things you’ll only know if you grew up in the suburbs

May 5, 2016, 4:59 am

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When a drink down ‘the local’ meant going to your lot’s local park and the Texaco lady told your mum everything you got up to at the weekend, ahhh, memories!

1. You and your mates all organised to go to the same high school, and it usually worked, mainly because there was only two to choose from to begin with.

2. And when you did get to high school, any new friends you made were probably younger siblings of your older sibling’s friends.

3. Which meant that any time there was any “beef” everyone’s brothers and sisters were involved and it was a total bloody shambles which resulted in your parents stepping… Read the full story

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May 5, 2016, 5:16 am

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If you can just about muster up enough effort to paint your nails with a clear polish, look away now. This might be more faff than you’re prepared to deal with.

Presenting prism edge nails. It’s a new trend that makes your nails look like massive chunks of crystal.

The trend is essentially a twist on an existing weird nail art technique called edge nails, which involves adding acrylic powder or gel to create a heavily angled shape.

To make them prism-y, nail artists are now applying little colourful shreds inside the fake nail bit. So they gleam like… Read the full story

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These two teens who met on Snapchat are the modern-day Romeo and Juliet

May 5, 2016, 5:20 am

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Reed Bjork and Abby Diamond are the millennial Romeo and Juliet (without all the family fighting and murder of course). 

Snapchat just took Face Swap to a whole new level

After student Abby spotted Reed on Snapchat, she posted a video to her the University of Wisconsin campus story, telling Reed: ‘To the guy wearing the Vikings jersey in the UQ Snapchat Story, I’m seriously in love with you. Find me.’

Not thinking anything of it, Abby was shocked to find Reed’s friend had told him about her plea, and had encouraged… Read the full story

Woman tries to get discount off treadmill on Gumtree by sending pic of her bum; fails

May 5, 2016, 6:20 am

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There is nothing Gill won’t do for a discount, it seems.

A fitness fan from Rotherham got a little more than he bargained for when he put his treadmill up for sale on Gumtree recently.

After Lee Kucia, 31, posted his ad online, he received a text from a woman called Gillian on Sunday morning, asking ‘Hi, regarding your advert on Gumtree is the treadmill still for sale?’.

He replied: ”Hi, yes it is. Which one is it you are interested in as I have two. Lee.’

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School ban lesbian couple from being prom king and queen – so they take matters into their own hands

May 5, 2016, 6:36 am

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16-year-old Hayley Lack and her girlfriend were overjoyed to find they had been nominated for prom king and queen alongside two other straight couples by students at Foothill High School in California. 

People want Disney to #GiveElsaAGirlfriend because of the lack of LGBT representation in their films

So, as you can imagine, they were pretty pissed off when the nominations list was taken to their school administrator and it was decided that same-sex couples would not be eligible for either prom role.

‘This is blatant discrimination and I won’t stand for it anymore,’ Hayley told her Facebook friends.

Refusing to allow said discrimination to take place, the girls took matters into their own hands.

Posting her story online and getting the attention of various media outlets, Hayley spread the word of a petition she’d started with her classmates.

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The ghost from The Grudge has her own Instagram account and it’s absolutely brilliant

May 5, 2016, 6:40 am

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Everyone and their mum has an Instagram account these days. Every dog with a cute haircut. Where’s Wally. Hipster Barbie.

So are we really surprised that the ghost from The Grudge has her own Instagram? Nah.

What we are surprised by its sheer brilliance and joy.

Started just a few months ago, the ghost’s Instagram account shows Kayako with her ghost son Toshio, doing all the regular mum and son stuff mums and sons do.

It’s actually pretty sweet, once you get passed Kayako’s constant screaming face and the part where they’re, erm, both fictional ghosts.

Kayako and Toshio ride swings together.

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May 5, 2016, 7:25 am

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